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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182160 | Lens barrier apparatus A lens barrier apparatus which includes a barrier base; an interlocking ring configured to rotate with respect to the barrier base; a pair of driving vanes, each of which is configured to be rotatably mounted to the barrier base, and each of which is configured to b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8025448 | Focal plane shutter, photographing apparatus including the same, and photographing method for the photographing apparatus Provided are a focal plane shutter, which can offer a live view function, and improve a control velocity of a shutter speed to reduce a time interval between shootings, a photographing apparatus including the focal plane shutter, and a photographing method for the p... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7997810 | Focal plane shutter for camera A support plate and a printed wiring board are spaced from a shutter base plate. An adjusting shaft member includes first and second shaft portions and an attachment portion that is press-fitted to an attachment hole in the support plate. Each of first and second co... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7972069 | Camera system and camera body A camera body includes a body mount that supports an attachable lens unit, an imaging element that captures an optical image of a subject and generates image data, a shutter unit disposed between the body mount and the imaging element, a protecting plate that has a ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7878720 | Shutter and camera module having same A shutter for a micro camera module includes a substrate made from silicon wafer and a light absorbing layer covering the surface. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7670067 | Compact camera module with stationary actuator for zoom modules with movable shutter and aperture mechanism A shutter and aperture device of a miniature digital camera module is coupled to a moveable lens group and is controlled by a horological type stepper motor from a fixed position from outside the moveable lens group. The coupling element between the stepper motor an... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7476042 | Image capture apparatus In an image capture apparatus, the surface of an optical element and a shutter are made to have conductivity, and they are grounded so as to have the same potential, so that adhesion of foreign matter onto the surface of the optical element can be prevented. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7431517 | Focal plane shutter for cameras A first drive member which rotates with a rotor includes a first cam portion and a second cam portion, and a second drive member which connects a drive pin with a shutter blade includes a first cam portion and a second cam portion. A circular hole of the link member... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427745 | Optical shutter for miniature cameras The invention relates to a shutter for an optical imaging system, e.g. a digital camera. The shutter comprises an interface between a transparent body and a capillary space. Light rays introduced to the active area of the interface are reflected by total internal re... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7390132 | Lens barrier apparatus and image pickup apparatus having the same A lens barrier apparatus includes: swingable sectors opening and closing an opening, a swinging member swinging the sectors; and a drive portion driving the swinging member, and one ends of bias members biasing the sectors in a closing direction are provided at the ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384204 | Electronic camera As a shutter release button is pressed down, a front end portion of a sequence drive lever moves toward the rear side and, as a result, a mirror-up lever is caused to rotate to the right by the force applied from a mirror up spring. In this state, a mirror drive end... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380998 | Image pickup apparatus having image pickup optical system An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens unit which comprises at least a negative lens element and at least a positive lens element and has negative refractive power, a second lens unit which has positive refractive power, and an optical path bending reflec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334950 | Quick-change shutter assembly A shutter assembly for an optical system includes a shutter housing that maintains optical alignments with adjoining parts of the optical system and a shutter mechanism that can be removed and replaced within the shutter housing without disturbing the optical alignm... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324748 | Focal plane shutter and image sensing apparatus The size of the opening 1094a of the shutter base plate 1094 is set, considering driving amounts of the image sensor 101 and the low pass filter 108 during shake correction, so that the size of the opening 1094a in X-... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7259922 | Light amount-adjusting device and light amount-adjusting device for projector unit A light amount-adjusting device has a base plate with an optical path aperture, first and second blade members, and a driving unit for swinging open and close the blade members. Each blade member has a base-end portion and a front-end portion. The base-end portion i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7215880 | One-time-use camera In one aspect of the invention, a camera is provided. The camera has a photosensitive element; a light blocking expansion structure combined with the photosensitive element to form a light tight chamber there between. The light blocking expansion structure has an ap... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7149420 | Auto-focusing lens with progressive variable focal element An improved method and module for auto focusing utilizes a variable thickness focus element. A different thickness, and thus a different focus, is optically coupled to an image sensor by rotating the focus element. Movement along the optic axis is not required. This... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147389 | Focal plane shutter A focal plane shutter has a light shielding shutter blade. A blade dowel is attached to the shutter blade. A blade arm is slidably engaged with the blade dowel to open or close the shutter blade. A surface hardness of the blade dowel is higher than a surface hardnes... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119883 | Correcting variations in the intensity of light within an illumination field without distorting the telecentricity of the light An apparatus for changing an aggregate intensity of a light within an illumination field of a photolithography system having a blade structure and a first actuator. The blade structure is configured to be positioned along an optical path of the photolithography syst... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114862 | Single focus lens module A single focus lens module includes a mechanical shutter taking lens assembly and there are front lens shutter module, taking lens and holder from the object side to the image side. The taking lens is connected to the holder by threading. The front taking lens assem... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7084920 | Image pickup apparatus In an image pickup apparatus comprising an optical finder for optically displaying an object image, an image pickup device for receiving the object image and converting it into an image signal for photographing, an electronic finder for displaying the object image r... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6969920 | Low current shape memory alloy devices An SMA device in which an SMA wire actuating element is operated periodically at a low voltage by power derived from a current source current which is too low to heat the wire directly sufficiently for effective actuation. The low current source is connected to a ca... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6933980 | Shutter for digital still camera A rotor is constituted by a two-pole permanent magnet, and enabled to rotate by a predetermined angle in a direction corresponding to the direction electric current supplied to a stator coil. Two shutter blades are moved by a driving pin which is integrally provided... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912097 | Iris diaphragm An iris diaphragm comprising an annular base, an annular rotatable element and a number of leaves which can be mounted to form a variable aperture, each leaf extending between the base and element and being connected thereto in a pivotal relationship, is characteris... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6818287 | Light shielding blade material for optical apparatus A light shielding blade material for use in an optical apparatus is constructed by a substrate composed of a plastic film having a pair of surfaces opposed to each other. A shield coating capable of blocking an incident light is formed on each surface of the substra... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6682232 | Camera mechanism has substitute actuator to functionally replace failed primary actuator A camera mechanism comprises a shutter blade movable to uncover and cover an exposure aperture; a primary spring connected to the shutter blade to normally move the shutter blade to cover the exposure aperture, but susceptible of becoming disconnected fro... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6554501 | Actuator control method and control device A control device for control an actuator comprises a `shape-memory alloy that recovers to prescribed memory dimensions` and `a force application means that applies an external force to the shape-memory alloy and changes its dimensions` has a pre-heating m... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6510010 | Real image mode finder optical system and lens A real image mode finder optical system includes an objective optical system with a positive refracting power, an image erecting optical system having a plurality of reflecting sections for erecting an image formed by the objective optical system, and an ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6389234 | Camera incorporating a focal-plane shutter There is described a camera incorporating a focal-plane shutter. The camera includes a lens, an image window having an aperture to bound a light coming through the lens in a plain perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a focal-plane shutter and a p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382847 | Shutter mechanism A rotary plate has an eccentric shaft and a recessed portion which are spaced from a rotary shaft. A shutter is connected to the eccentric shaft by a swing arm which is rotatable about the eccentric shaft. A pin is provided on the swing arm. When the rota... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6337955 | SLR camera which can selectively utilize light-sensitive film or an image pick-up device An SLR camera system includes a camera body, an interchangeable lens having a lens shutter, a film back and a digital back which are selectively attached to the camera body, a drive mechanism, provided in the digital back, which drives the image pick-up d... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6308012 | Two-focus switchable lens A two-focus switchable lens comprises a taking lens system selectively using a wide-angle-side lens and a telephoto-side lens having respective focal lengths different from each other; and a fixed shutter 1, disposed on an image surface side of the taking... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6190060 | Light-shielding blade composed of beryllium-aluminum alloy for camera A light-shielding blade material is provided that contributes to increased focal plane shutter speeds. A focal plane shutter has a front blade group and a rear blade group, each being composed of a plurality of light-shielding blades. At least one of thes... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6123467 | Link mechanism shutter device A shutter device functioning as a focal-plane shutter device for cameras, includes a shutter blade, a base plate, a first arm member and a second arm member. The first arm member has one end portion rotatably fitted to the shutter blade and further has th... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6113286 | Dual-pivot shutter device A shutter device comprises a single piece having a blade portion that includes an impact receiving member which when impacted in an opening direction with a shutter actuator moves the blade portion to uncover an aperture, a first resilient portion bendabl... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6086268 | Actuating striker for opening shutter blade retracted to permit shutter closing and/or re-cocking of striker A shutter mechanism comprising a shutter blade supported to move open and closed, a shutter actuator having an actuating striker and supported for movement to cause the actuating striker to strike the shutter blade to move the shutter blade open and for m... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6033132 | Iris apparatus An iris apparatus includes a transparent elastic member which is provided on an optical axis including a convex surface, the apex thereof being located on the optical axis; a transparent plate which is opposed to the convex surface of the transparent elas... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033131 | Hybrid silicon-based micro-electromagnetic light shutter A hybrid, micro-electromagnetic light shutter includes a silicon body having a top surface with an arcuate groove formed on the top surface. A recess and a light aperture are formed in the top surface of the silicon body proximate to the arcuate groove. A... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6001465 | Light shielding blade for camera made of para-orientation aromatic polyamide film A light-shielding blade for use in cameras utilizes a film of para-type aromatic polyamide for its base material. The light-shielding blade has a single-layer structure using an aramid film as its blade material. The film is added with carbon black at a r... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5758213 | Camera having a shutter measuring apparatus A shutter of a camera is provided with a shutter trip detecting device includes LEDs and PTRs. Measured are tripping timings of leading and trailing curtains for admitting and intercepting object light to an aperture. An exposure time on a film and a trip... | 05/26/1998 |
